With Access to a News Casting truck, they were able to travel through a crisis when many could not. With the truck tools they could also send and receive messages as well as document recordings.

The car that Ray and his kids traveled in was a technology that gave access to the Ferrier family to make it to safety and between states. Many people needed this as proven in a scene where a mob attacked them to gain access to this technology.

It seemed that whom ever had access to weapons and deadly technology had power over the rest of the people trying to survive.